Subject+Object Pronouns with various verbs

In Cherokee, pronouns actors (or agents) and the receiver of actions are not separate as in English but are combined into a single pronoun prefix. The standard Cherokee verb tables assume a 3rd person recipient, i.e., her, him, or it. This page shows examples of the 2nd person you (singular) acting on the 1st person recipients I, the two of us, and all of us

Note!! With the dual and plural forms, either the subject, the object or both can be dual or plural. There are no separate forms for you (singular) -> me, the 2 of us; you 2 -> me, the 2 of us; you (singular) -> me; all of us;  y'all  -> me, all of us. Context should make it clear but you may need to ask.
Brad Montgomery-Anderson discusses these pronouns in his Cherokee Reference Grammar (2015), pages 252 - 254 and has a chart for them on p 253.
For some examples of 1st person agents with 2nd person recipients,click here


Root verb -woni-

ᏍᎩᏬᏂᎭ - sgi-woni-ha - You are speaking to me.

ᏍᎩᏂᏬᏂᎭ - sgini:-woni-ha - You are speaking to the two of us.
or You 2 are speaking to me.
or You 2 are speaking to the 2 of us.

ᎢᏍᎩᏬᏂᎭ - isgi:-woni-ha - You are speaking to all of us. (This has 5 possible combinations. See M-A)

ᎦᎯᏬᏂᎭ - gahi:-woni-ha - You are speaking to them (animate).



Root verb -gohw(a)ti-

ᏍᎩᎪᏩᏘᎭ - sgi-gohw(a)ti-ha - You are seeing me.

ᏍᎩᏂᎪᏩᏘᎭ - sgini:-goɂw(a)ti-ha - You are seeing the two of us.

ᎢᏍᎩᎪᏩᏘᎭ - isgi:-goɂw(a)ti-ha - You are seeing all of us.

ᎦᎯᎪᏩᏘᎭ - gahi:-goɂw(a)ti-ha - You are seeing them (animate).



Root verb -oli-

ᏍᏉᎵᎦ - sgw-oli-ga - You understand me.

ᏍᎩᏃᎵᎦ - sgin-oli-ga - You understand the two of us.

ᎢᏍᎩᏲᎵᎦ - isgi:y-oli-ga - You understand us all.

ᎦᎯᏲᎵᎦ - gahiy-oli-ga - You understand them (animate).



Root verb -doli-

ᏍᎩᏙᎵᎩ - sgi-doli-gi - (You) forgive me.

ᏍᎩᏂᏙᎵᎩ - sgini:-doli-gi - (You) forgive the two of us.

ᎢᏍᎩᏙᎵᎩ - isgi:-doli-gi - (You) forgive us all.

ᎦᎯᏙᎵᎩ - gahi:-doli-gi - (You) forgive them (animate).



Root verb -hnohe-

ᏍᎩᏃᎮᎭ - sgi-hnohe-ha - You (sg) are telling me.

ᏍᎩᏂᏃᎮᎭ - sgini:-ɂnohe-ha - You two are telling me.

ᎢᏍᎩᏃᎮᎭ - isgi:-ɂnohe-ha - You are telling us all.

ᎦᎯᏃᎮᎭ - gahi:-nohe-ha - You are telling them (animate).